Chapter 61 Clearing a runway through the ruins
It takes about fifteen minutes to walk from Jinhe to the apartment complex he shares with Lin Baiyue.
Cheng Jia originally wanted to splurge a little and take a taxi.
But then I remembered that there were 24-hour community medical stations along the way.
There they could give him a simple check-up, stop the bleeding, bandage him, and disinfect him. Cheng Jia covered his nose and walked alone on the blind path overgrown with weeds.
Jingang City is only just beginning to develop.
The road facilities are not perfect. The tactile paving is piled with a lot of debris, such as broken cardboard boxes or empty bottles, which are collected by elderly people in the neighborhood. They collect enough to sell as recyclables for some pocket money.
The city is not quiet even at 1 p.m.
The bar street was especially lively. Many people at the roadside food stalls turned around to look at Cheng Jia, not only to see his outstanding figure, but also to see his white shirt stained with blood.
However, drunkards often fight on this street.
It wouldn't be surprising if people saw it.
A few young women sitting at a roadside food stall after work said, "Handsome, need any help? You look like you're about to pass out, you've had too much to drink?"
"No need," Cheng Jia waved her hand at them.
They left the food stall without stopping.
The medical station is just ahead.
We're almost there.
"......"
Cheng Jia was only focused on the road ahead.
He didn't notice that a black Audi was slowly following him behind.
There was only one middle-aged driver in the car, and a man with a gleaming wrist sat in the back seat. The man was wearing a beige casual shirt, and with the window half-lowered, a pair of silent, dark eyes could be seen.
The driver asked, "Mr. Shi, he's gone inside. Should we follow him?"
Not far ahead.
A young man stained with blood entered the community medical station.
There were nurses and doctors moving around inside.
Many people get injured after getting drunk at this time.
“Follow,” Shi Qingci replied indifferently.
Because besides following Cheng Jia.
He seemed unsure of what else he could do at this moment.
I definitely won't be able to sleep when I get home; I just want to know what Cheng Jia will do.
Shi Qingci himself did not realize that he had been reduced from a person who habitually gave orders to a bystander, no longer daring to provoke or coerce others forcefully.
He could only follow the other person quietly like this.
Observe and get to know Cheng Jia again five years later.
Two o'clock in the morning.
An Audi was parked outside the medical station, behind a fire truck.
"Hiss." Shi Qingci looked down and tugged at the watch on her wrist.
I've wanted to get it down for a long time, but I haven't been able to.
This is one of those couple watches with a combination lock.
He didn't let Li Han wear the other one.
However, the password was set by Li Han on a whim, and without the password, the watch strap was stuck in the keyhole and could not be pulled off at all.
Shi Qingci was too lazy to contact Li Han to ask for the password.
He used some force to tear it off, and his wrists were rubbed red before he finally managed to pull the watch off.
They threw the trash into the bin outside the window without even looking!
The watch, emitting a dazzling light, streaked through the air and landed precisely in the trash can.
This scene was caught by Cheng Jia, who had just come out, out of the corner of his eye.
It's just that they're far apart, and there's a huge fire truck blocking the way.
Cheng Jia turned his head at the entrance of the medical station and only saw a colorful object flash behind the fire truck. He couldn't see it after looking closely, and he didn't pay any attention to it.
He raised his hand to touch his nose, which was stuffed with cotton balls.
He turned and swayed as he walked back to the residential area.
Behind the fire truck.
The driver asked, "Mr. Shi, he's gone. Shall we follow him?"
"Wait a minute, get out of the car and go inside to ask." Shi Qingci looked at the green signboard of the medical station, wanting to know about Cheng Jia's injuries.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
"......"
Two minutes later.
"What do you do?" the male doctor asked while washing and disinfecting his hands.
Driver: "Oh, the one in the white shirt just now was my son. He got into a fight with his friends and wouldn't let his family interfere. You know how kids are these days... I was just worried. His mother called and asked me to come and ask how badly he was hurt."
The person who can drive Shi Qingci is obviously experienced.
With just a few words, the author convincingly portrays both a disobedient son and a caring father.
That's enough to put the doctor at ease.
"His ribs are fine, but his nose is slightly fractured. I told him to go to the hospital for an X-ray, but he didn't seem to care much," the doctor said, walking to the table and sitting down. "The rest are just superficial injuries, they'll be fine in a few days... Sigh! We can't treat his teeth here, I suggest you take him to the dentist as soon as possible."
Driver: "Bridge of nose, dentistry, okay, I've got it."
“Teeth knocked out by violence need to be taken seriously. If not treated properly, it could lead to dry socket, which will cost money and cause a lot of suffering. You’ll have to scrape the bone to remove the decay, and you’ll also have to be careful about what you eat,” the doctor recalled, clicking his tongue twice. “Your son is really hard to manage. He left before I could finish my sentence. Young people are just reckless and fearless.”
Cheng Jia doesn't think losing a tooth is a big deal.
A broken nose isn't a big deal.
They'll all be fine after a few days.
"......"
Back in the car.
The driver told Shi Qingci the whole story.
The car then started moving, accelerating slightly to catch up with Cheng Jia in the direction she had just gone.
I followed behind again, neither too close nor too far.
In the back seat, Shi Qingci leaned back silently.
Gazing at the figure in the distance.
The bridge of the nose and teeth are severely affected.
He really wanted to get out of the car, drag Cheng Jia to the hospital for thorough treatment, then bring her back to the villa, and then supervise Cheng Jia in every aspect of her life, from food and clothing to housing and transportation, so that he would no longer indulge Cheng Jia in neglecting her health.
However, he lacked the necessary identity and qualifications.
Cheng Jia forbade him to interfere.
That night, the black Audi stayed parked for a long time in front of the residential compound.
It was almost dawn when it started to get dark.
The driver forced himself to stay alert and reminded the passenger in the back seat: "Mr. Shi, you have a video conference this afternoon, and you also have to fly to Xining for a press conference this afternoon, and you have a flight to France this evening..."
Tony sent the driver an outdated porcelain cleaning schedule.
When the driver reminds you, make sure you don't miss your stop.
"Let's go." Shi Qingci's eyes were covered with a faint bluish-purple hue. She glanced at the deep blue sky and memorized the neighborhood.
The power plant's residential compound.
Cheng Jia lives here.
*
10:00 AM.
Lin Baiyue opened his door and wandered into the kitchen wearing a green T-shirt. He found that the food left on the dining table had not been touched.
But in the entryway, I saw dirty pants and a white shirt stained with blood.
"!" Lin Baiyue immediately walked towards Cheng Jia's room.
Cheng Jia doesn't have the habit of locking the door when she sleeps.
After all, he lives alone most of the time.
Lin Baiyue gently turned the lock and saw a figure fast asleep, head buried in the blankets.
He approached the bedside and whispered, "Brother Jia? Brother."
Lin Baiyue worked in the private room all night.
I have no idea what happened outside. I only heard that Cheng Jia was cursing in the corridor, but I couldn't find out who she was cursing. Her phone was switched off when I tried to call her.
He gets off work at 12 o'clock, and then he looks for Cheng Jia.
Instead of finding the person, they ran into Zhou Minghe, who was seeing Li Han off from the bar.
Of course, Boss Zhou wouldn't tell Lin Baiyue where Cheng Jia was.
He also told Lin Baiyue to stop worrying about it and go home to sleep.
Lin Baiyue walked home alone.
Prepare a late-night snack and leave some food for Cheng Jia.
Only then did I go back to my room to rest.
I had just woken up when I saw blood-stained clothes in the entryway.
".....Hmm." Cheng Jia turned over in bed, facing the outside of the bed. Her eyes were even more swollen, and she couldn't open them at all.
Lin Baiyue was so frightened that she squatted down: "Brother! What happened to your face? Who hit you?"
Cheng Jia's eyes are probably inflamed.
It's abnormally swollen, like someone who just had double eyelid surgery.
“It’s nothing,” Cheng Jia said, taking a few seconds to come to her senses. She sat up slightly, her voice a little panicked. “…Lin Baiyue, I can’t see.”
Is this because you cried for too long in your sleep?
He dreamed about his parents last night.
Lin Baiyue helped him up and suddenly saw Cheng Jia's bare upper body, his chest and stomach covered in bruises and blood, a truly shocking sight. His pupils widened: "Damn, who did something so cruel?"
They actually beat someone up like this.
It looks like it wasn't just one person, but a group of people.
"Don't ask anymore, I'm fine." Cheng Jia tried hard to open her eyes, but she couldn't control her eyelids; they were too swollen.
Lin Baiyue turned around and handed Cheng Jia a hoodie: "Put your clothes on, I'll take you to the hospital."
There was a red bottle of anti-swelling spray on the bedside table.
Cheng Jia got it from the medical station last night.
“I don’t want to go to the hospital. There’s medicine here,” Cheng Jia said, expressing his extreme aversion to hospitals, which were the places where he lost his parents. “Could you please spray some into my eyes and also spray some on my body?”
Lin Baiyue tried to persuade Cheng Jia twice more, but to no avail.
They're both adults; if Cheng Jia says she's not going, she means it.
He sighed and helped Cheng Jia apply some medicine.
Hopefully this medicine will work.
"......"
There are advantages to sharing an apartment.
Cheng Jia felt this even more strongly after losing her sight.
He sat in bed drinking warm porridge, topped with some soft, scrambled eggs. Lin Baiyue said the eggs were nutritious.
"Drink slowly," Lin Baiyue fed him spoonful by spoonful, frowning and sighing, "So, you really got fired by Boss Zhou?"
Cheng Jia: "Yes, I plan to look for a new job."
We'll go once he's fully recovered.
"..." Lin Baiyue paused in her act of feeding the porridge.
So, Cheng Jia was so disliked by President Shi that he was kicked out of Jinhe?
The boss didn't step in to protect Cheng Jia either.
This means—
Cheng Jia is no longer of any use to Lin Baiyue.
Cheng Jia couldn't help him get closer to President Shi anymore.
Lin Baiyue complained in frustration: "I thought living with you would give me access to President Shi and help me get sponsorships, but now I have to rely on myself. Sigh."
They're no longer of any use to us anyway.
He just said it outright.
"?" Cheng Jia was so angry she almost laughed. "Is that why you're sharing an apartment with me?"
Lin Baiyue nodded, realizing that Cheng Jia couldn't see her.
He said, "Yes, I have that idea. Now I have to rely on myself. I feel that Mr. Shi has a bad temper and is difficult to approach. If it doesn't work out, I will find another boss. It doesn't have to be him."
"Brother Jia, have some more, there's still some left in the pot."
Cheng Jia shook her head: "I have no appetite."
“I’ve already done all this, but you’ve only eaten a few bites. Isn’t the egg delicious?” Lin Baiyue continued to feed him, urging him to finish the whole bowl of porridge.
Eating more food will help you recover faster.
Cheng Jia is blind and cannot hide.
He smiled helplessly and continued eating his porridge and eggs.
"......"
Regardless, Lin Baiyue is a pretty straightforward person.
He just wants resources; he might be a bit timid and afraid of trouble.
But the meals he cooked for Cheng Jia were real.
I never intended to harm Cheng Jia.
Let's just stay here like this.
There's nothing to complain about.
Cheng Jia possesses the clarity and tolerance of an adult.
In life, people often have to coexist with imperfect people and things.
As long as it doesn't infringe on your own interests.
It is impossible to judge whether anyone is good or bad.
Furthermore, Cheng Jia also benefited from Lin Baiyue's care.
This is a mutually beneficial arrangement.
As for what to do next...
Cheng Jia is skilled at clearing a runway through ruins.
He's experienced, he can do it.
We're just waiting for the injury to heal.
"......"
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P.S.: This is a very long chapter.
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